The theme of this week's show is self-preservation -- that is, the preserving of whatever it is that makes you you, be it letters, journal entries, or a digital measurement of your heart rate and blood sugar for every hour of the day. We bring you stories of cybernetic "lifeloggers," a crafty, image-tweaking Founding Father, and the most astoundingly comprehensive diary ever to find its way into Stanford's Special Collections. We also have poems from one of Stanford's poets in residence, Kirsten Andersen.

Host: Charlie MintzProducer: Charlie Mintz

Featured: Kirsten Anderson, Liz Bradfield, Hsiao-Yun Chu, and Judith Richardson

Music: Boomsnake, Howard Hello, George Pritzker

There are scrapbooks, and then there is the legendary Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion Chronofile. Fuller was a designer, futurist, speaker, and prolific life-logger. Stanford has his diary, if that word even applies to the massive collection of documents, notes, letters, and much more. Host Charlie Mintz interviews the curator who made sense of the Chronofile, and learns about the wisdom of self-preservation.

Producer: Charlie Mintz

Featuring: Hsiao-Yun Chu

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